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Originally Posted by Bredin
I've ran the HPA via spdif on my maya44 sound card and wired it with a 700$(swedish kronor to dollar) coax cable. The last 2 days have been spent comparing the stock USB-cable against the maya44+coax setup. I find the stock USB-cable to sound just as good, and if not even better.
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Hi Bredin,
Thank you for your post.
Using using the USB input of the Isabellina, we convert the USB directly to I2S to feed the NOS DAC.
When using a USB-to-SPDIF converter and then feeding the Isabellina with SPDIF, there is more processing going on.
I cannot tell everyone that USB will *always* be better (in some ways, using spdif vs. usb sounds a little different, but it is up to the listener to determine which actually sounds better) - but in general, the USB input in the Isabellina is AWESOME. SO if you are using a computer, give it a try
Thanks again,
Vinnie